[linux-lvm] Logical volume contains an incomplete mapping table

Hello, linux-lvm-list,
I write to you because I couldn't yet find a solution to the given
situation yet:
Suse 9.3 Pro, 3 IDE-disks with various partitions ...
Yesterday I decided to reorganize things, moved data and freed up some
partitions. Changed their ID to 8e with fdisk, rebooted.
fdisk -l displayed them fine, so I went on to create a Volume Group.
Added three PVs, created an LV with xfs on it, worked great.
Moved data back to this new LV, cleared up two more partitions.
Changed their ID, rebooted, added them to the Group.
Somehow one of these partitions weren't listed in pvscan as member of
the group.
And it started telling me
3 PV(s) found for VG Gruppe1: expected 5
Hmmm...
Much fiddling from then ... trying to get things working again,
web-research ...
"vgreduce --removemissing" sounded good, but didn't get me back ...
Right now I have:
root oops1:~ # pvdisplay
Found duplicate PV bmKfBpNQfkiKBMli7WfG9fXP4aWR6huV: using /dev/hdc2 not /dev/hda1
Found duplicate PV bmKfBpNQfkiKBMli7WfG9fXP4aWR6huV: using /dev/hdc2 not /dev/hda1
2 PV(s) found for VG Gruppe1: expected 5
Logical volume (LV01) contains an incomplete mapping table.
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hda1
VG Name Gruppe1
PV Size 9.77 GB / not usable 5.37 MB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size (KByte) 4096
Total PE 2499
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 2499
PV UUID bmKfBp-NQfk-iKBM-li7W-fG9f-XP4a-WR6huV
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdb1
VG Name Gruppe1
PV Size 16.77 GB / not usable 7.01 MB
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 4096
Total PE 4291
Free PE 16
Allocated PE 4275
PV UUID DUwDDw-mKkp-7atr-A6cP-m5Ej-dAOD-O7TwEA
root oops1:~ # vgdisplay
Found duplicate PV bmKfBpNQfkiKBMli7WfG9fXP4aWR6huV: using /dev/hdc2 not /dev/hda1
Found duplicate PV bmKfBpNQfkiKBMli7WfG9fXP4aWR6huV: using /dev/hdc2 not /dev/hda1
2 PV(s) found for VG Gruppe1: expected 5
Volume group "Gruppe1" doesn't exist
No clue about that duplicate PV ...
Is there any way out of this without losing the data? I assume it is
still valid, but I don't know how to access it properly.
No problem to recreate the LVM if I can pull off the data before doing
that ...
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Please let me know any pointers or hints, I'll also provide more
information if needed.
Please also CC: your replies to me as I am not (yet) a subscriber to
this list.
Thanks a lot.
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Regards,
Stefan